Data Analysis in Child and Youth Care

Overview

Course description

In this course, students are introduced to techniques to analyze both qualitative and quantitative data, in the context of the child and youth care field.

Course content

The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:

Research is the foundation of all child and youth care knowledge, informing how child and youth care pracititoners understand and engage with the world.
Knowledge creation is a political practice with material implications for children, youth, families, and communities.
Knowledge creation has been dominated by privileged groups; de-centering white-Western theories and research encourages a more diverse understanding of CYC and our role as practitioners.
Child and youth care practitioners need to be critical consumers of research to determine if they can trust research to guide their practice.
Research is used by practitioners to answer practice-based research questions.
An understanding of how to generate, shape and refine a research problem is important in child and youth care practice.
Being able to analyze qualitative and quantitative data is necessary to critically examine practice-based research, including assessing the rigour or trustworthiness of the inquiry and the applicability of the findings.
Having an understanding of data analysis allows for future engagement in theoretical and practice-based research in the field of child and youth care.

Learning activities

Lecture
Seminar
Group work
Student presentations
Guest speakers

Means of assessment

Assessment will be based on course objectives and will be carried out in accordance with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. An evaluation schedule is present at the beginning of the course.

This is a letter-graded course.

Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation as part of the student’s graded performance. Expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the instructor's course outline.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Utilize data collection techniques that are consistent with identified research problems.
Contrast what conclusions can be drawn from qualitative and quantitative data sources and identify possible limitations with each.
Compare the processes of qualitative and quantitative data analysis and implement data analysis techniques that are consistent with identified research problems.
Communicate research findings in a manner consistent with research in the child and youth care field.

Textbook materials

Textbooks and materials are to be purchased by students. A list of required textbooks and materials will be provided for students at the beginning of the semester.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CYCC 4423 with a minimum of a C

Corequisites

None

Equivalencies

None

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

September 2026 (Current)

May 2015

September 2008

2006

Course Transfers to Other Institutions

Below are current transfer agreements from Douglas College to other institutions for the current course guidelines only. For a full list of transfer details and archived courses, please see the BC Transfer Guide.

Institution	Transfer details for CYCC 4425
Simon Fraser University (SFU)	No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC)	UNBC SOCW 330 (3)
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)	UFV CYC 425 (3)
University of Victoria (UVIC)	UVIC CYC 424 (1.5)